Open Standard for Multimedia Optical Storage Environments

Objective

To stimulate the multimedia CD title business by offering a multi-platform publishing solution.

The publishing of information, entertainment, and learning material will be largely based on interactive multimedia CDs in the 1990s. The development of this business is hampered by the diversity of play-back platforms available, and by the continuous changes in the computer world.

The OSMOSE project is developing a Common Publishing format (CPF) allowing publishers to develop multimedia CD titles that can be placed on multiple platforms, such as CD-I and CD-ROM XA. This will offer a large market for a single CD title and enable portability of CD's between the office (computer) environment and the home (CD-I) player.

The OSMOSE work includes integration of (modem) communication functions in the format and realisation of instances of CPF runtime engines and authoring tools for a number of platforms.

Fields of science

• humanities › arts › modern and contemporary art › radio and television

Programme(s)

• FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994

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Call for proposal

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Coordinator

PHILIPS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS BV

Address

Pastoor Petersstr., 10-16, 218
5600 MD Eindhoven
Netherlands

Participants (6)

Bull SA

France

Address

Tour Bull 1 Place Carpeaux
92800 Puteaux

CAP SESA Télécom

France

Address

30 Quai De Dion Bouton
92806 Puteaux

Ingegneria C Olivetti and Co SpA

Italy

Address

Via G Jervis
10015 Ivrea

MultiMedia Corporation Ltd

United Kingdom

Address

109 Regents Park Road
NW1 8UR London

UNI-C

Denmark

Address

Vermundsgade, 5
2100 Copenhagen

UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

Greece

Address

Panepistimioupolis, Typa Buildings
15771 Athenes